Published on April 27th, 2018 | by Brant Roberts
On Thursday, members of the Black Student Union (BSU), NAACP, Students of East Africa (SEA), and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) stood in Butler Plaza to protest police brutality in the United States and Palestine. It …... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by Brant Roberts
As the summer approaches, students in the U.S. will descend into working longer hours and take a break from the stress of the spring semester. This can be a depoliticizing time as it pushes students’ focuses …... Read More →
Published on April 17th, 2018 | by Brant Roberts
For the past seven years, the United States and other foreign powers have been tearing away at the flesh of Syria, and just when it seemed they could dig no further, they reached the heart: Damascus. …... Read More →
Published on April 11th, 2018 | by Brant Roberts, Dina Hamadi, Sarah Tawashy
The Great March of Return, a peaceful rally for the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their Israeli occupied land, was conducted in Gaza on March 8 and met with severe violence. The Israeli Defense …... Read More →
Published on April 9th, 2018 | by Brant Roberts
The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) sent sharpshooters to attack peaceful Palestinian protesters who were demonstrating near the border of Gaza and Israel last friday. In total, at least 17 protesters were killed and more than 1,400 protesters …... Read More →
Published on March 29th, 2018 | by Brant Roberts
Presidential elections in Egypt will take place during the last week of March. With all serious opponents eliminated from the race, it seems that the farce will inevitably end with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi being re-elected. His …... Read More →
Published on March 26th, 2018 | by Brant Roberts
Embed from Getty Images Brazil is still a young democracy, regained just over 30 years ago following the end of a military dictatorship, and yet its foundations are further shaken by the recent allegations against former president …... Read More →
Published on March 21st, 2018 | by Brant Roberts, Sarah Tawashy
The two-state solution between the Israeli state and the Palestinian Authority has been an utterly dismal failure. Over the past seven years, Students for Justice in Palestine has been organizing at the University of Houston around …... Read More →
Published on March 8th, 2018 | by Brant Roberts
In Israel, when refugees receive deportation notices they are given one month to decide whether to be deported to a third country or to be imprisoned indefinitely. Earlier this month, Israel announced the mass-deportation of 20,000 …... Read More →
Published on February 22nd, 2018 | by Brant Roberts
Embed from Getty Images Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been formally charged with corruption and accepting bribes for political favors. The charges were a long time coming, with the original investigations beginning last summer. The …... Read More →
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